Rice hires Virginia Commonwealth assistant Mike Rhoades

5:56 PM, March 25, 2014
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by Nicole Auerbach, USA TODAY Sports

by Nicole Auerbach, USA TODAY Sports

Rice will make Virginia Commonwealth assistant Mike Rhoades its next men's basketball head coach, two people with knowledge of the situation confirmed to USA TODAY Sports Tuesday.

Rhoades has been at VCU since Shaka Smart's first season in Richmond in 2009 and has been considered a candidate for multiple head coaching vacancies.

Prior to VCU, Rhoades was the head coach at Division III Randolph-Macon, where his team posted a 197-76 mark in 10 years with the Yellow Jackets. He will replace Ben Braun, who went 7-23 during his final season.